Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases from Professor Shaun Martin at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

People v. Mauch (Cal. Ct. App. - June 3, 2008)

I can reduce the holding of this opinion to a single sentence. Albeit one that only criminal lawyers in California -- or those cognizant of this field -- would find interesting, or (potentially) even understand:

If it ain't a wobbler, or at least a stealth wobbler, you can't knock it down to a misdemeanor.